The first season of the league phase has been a rousing success with almost every Matchday 8 with something at stake

Bayern Munich go in search of the win needed to potentially bypass the play-offs and secure automatic qualification for the UEFA Champions League last 16 when they take on Slovan Bratislava in their final fixture of the league phase on Wednesday (kick-off: 9pm CET).

Feyenoord take on Bayern Munich on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at De Kuip Stadium. Kickoff is set for 9 p.m. CET local time in the Netherlands. That makes it a 8 p.m. GMT start in the UK, a 3 p.m. ET or 12 p.m. PT kickoff in the US and Canada, and a 7 a.m. AEDT start time in Australia on Thursday morning.

Bayern Munich's hopes of qualifying directly to the Champions League knockouts are dealt a blow as they lost at Feyenoord.

We have hit a pivotal week in the revamped Uefa Champions League as the first 36-team group-stage reaches its final round of matches. On Wednesday, all 18 games will kick off at the same time – midnight UAE – with 16 of them involving teams who could make it through to the next round.

In the UEFA Champions League action on Wednesday, Jan. 22 there is a matchup with Feyenoord Rotterdam and Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich's hopes of automatically qualifying for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals are hanging by a thread after a shock loss to Feyenoord.

Vincent Kompany's Bayern Munich will visit Feyenoord on Wednesday for Matchday 7 of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League. The German giants have won four of the six opening games (two defeats) while the home side come from one win in the last three matches and are currently in the race for a spot in the playoffs.

The Champions League's new look league phase reaches its conclusion with big names like Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain in danger of early elimination.

Bayern dominated possession in a cagey opening quarter as both sides struggled with driving rain and a slippery surface.

Manchester City have reached do-or-die territory in the Champions League earlier than expected ahead of what Pep Guardiola has described as a "final" against Club Brugge

Bayern went from the joy of a resounding 9-2 victory against Dinamo Zagreb to the despair of back-to-back defeats against Aston Villa and Barcelona, before they found some consistency with a run of three successive European wins over Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain and Shakhtar Donetsk.